Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost - Long established as one of the greatest novels, Madame Bovary has been described as a "perfect" work of fiction.Madame Bovary is Flaubert's most famous work, published in 1857. Shortly after its release, the French government filed charges of immorality against the publisher and author, but the charges were later dismissed. So launched the author and novel's reputation as an exemplar in the genre of Realism.